Drugs bill warning over US/UK trade deal
The NHS would spend billions of pounds more on drugs if it had to pay US prices following a US/UK trade deal. According to a new...
NHS
The NHS category focuses on the people, policies and challenges shaping the UK’s publicly funded health service. It offers thoughtful analysis of organisational change, workforce issues, funding and performance, along with debate on how to improve care delivery and health outcomes. From insights into frontline practice to discussion of strategic priorities and reforms, this category brings clarity to the complex forces influencing the future of health and care in the NHS.
Agonising wait for sarcoma cancer diagnoses
Patients facing agonising wait for sarcoma cancer diagnoses ‘unacceptable’, says Jess Philips Sarcoma UK, the national bone and soft tissue cancer charity, is calling on...
Organ donation week
Organ Donation Week runs between September 3rd and 9th, and this year the NHS is encouraging people to share their organ donation decision with their...
Guidance on Brexit transition period
ABPI response to MHRA guidance for the end of the transition period The MHRA has published information for pharmaceutical companies preparing for the end of...
New EU rules for reprocessing Single-Use Devices
EU Commission Publishes Stringent New Common Specifications Requirements for Reprocessing Single-Use Devices, Making In-House Hospital Reprocessing "Difficult if not Impossible" EU Ministries of Health Face...
Community services proved essential in pandemic response
Community healthcare services have been critical in preventing hospitals from becoming overwhelmed during the coronavirus pandemic and in allowing people to receive the care they...
NHS to investigate Covid-19 and ethnicity
NHS Employers welcomes funding for research projects to investigate COVID-19 and ethnicity. A total of £4.3 million of funding has been awarded to six new...
Unprecedented demand for school age vaccinations
Unprecedented demand as NHS restarts school age vaccinations programme: The NHS has reported unprecedented demand since it restarted its vaccination programme in the East of England...
Flu vaccine uptake among care home staff
Researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA) are investigating uptake of the flu vaccine among care home staff in a bid to see if...
RSM global online Covid-19 conference
Royal Society of Medicine convenes global Covid-19 clinical conference: An international Covid-19 conference to consolidate key clinical learning from across the globe will take place online...
